Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,626
2	Betty	734
3	Barbara	580
4	Patricia	461
5	Dorothy	442
6	Linda	431
7	Shirley	409
8	Annie	403
9	Margaret	343
10	Carolyn	342
11	Martha	338
12	Frances	279
13	Elizabeth	277
14	Helen	266
15	Nancy	263
16	Sarah	253
17	Brenda	241
18	Virginia	216
19	Joyce	210
20	Ruth	196
21	Rosa	195
22	Ruby	183
23	Peggy	181
24	Doris	177
25	Lillie	172
26	Mildred	165
27	Evelyn	164
28	Judy	158
29	Gloria	157
30	Louise	154
31	Sandra	153
32	Willie	151
33	Alice	142
34	Ethel	136
35	Julia	133
36	Rebecca	132
37	Edna	126
38	Patsy	124
39	Mattie	122
39	Sylvia	122
41	Sara	120
42	Emma	119
43	Carrie	112
43	Thelma	112
45	Minnie	111
46	Judith	109
47	Jessie	107
48	Ella	105
49	Carol	101
50	Ann	99

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,881
2	John	1,058
3	William	1,024
4	Robert	917
5	Charles	681
6	Willie	589
7	Thomas	462
8	George	433
9	David	415
10	Henry	364
11	Joseph	328
12	Joe	293
13	Bobby	270
14	Larry	259
15	Edward	254
16	Jerry	248
16	Richard	248
18	Billy	223
19	Johnny	221
20	Leroy	220
21	Donald	214
22	Jimmy	192
23	Harold	190
24	Samuel	187
25	Frank	183
25	Walter	183
27	Kenneth	168
28	Paul	167
29	Harry	135
30	Ronald	133
31	Roy	128
32	Eugene	127
33	Arthur	126
33	Marion	126
35	Eddie	124
36	Albert	123
36	Herbert	123
38	Ernest	121
38	Fred	121
40	Jack	120
41	Wayne	115
42	Ralph	110
43	Charlie	109
43	Johnnie	109
43	Tommy	109
46	Nathaniel	107
47	Carl	106
48	Franklin	105
49	Melvin	97
50	Benjamin	96